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Loop

noun
1.
Fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole to permit the attachment of cords or lines.  Synonyms: cringle, eyelet, grommet, grummet.
2.
Anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself).
3.
(computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated.  Synonym: iteration.
4.
An inner circle of advisors (especially under President Reagan).
5.
The basic pattern of the human fingerprint.
6.
A computer program that performs a series of instructions repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied.
7.
The topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component.  Synonym: loop topology.
8.
An intrauterine device in the shape of a loop.
9.
A complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates.  Synonym: closed circuit.  Antonym: open circuit.
10.
A flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the vertical plane.  Synonym: loop-the-loop.
verb
(past & past part. looped; pres. part. looping)
1.
Move in loops.
2.
Make a loop in.  Synonym: intertwine.
3.
Fly loops, perform a loop.
4.
Wind around something in coils or loops.  Synonyms: coil, curl.  Antonym: uncoil.
5.
Fasten or join with a loop.



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"Loop" Quotes from Famous Books



... I presume, know the toy called a whirligig, made by stringing a button on a loop of thread, the twisting and untwisting of which by approaching and separating the hands causes the button to revolve. Upon this design, and by substituting a jagged disk of slate for the button, the senior 'Bull-dogs' ...
— Tracks of a Rolling Stone • Henry J. Coke
... the enemy. It was necessary, therefore, to cover our men by something more than the ordinary parapet. To give additional protection sand bags, bullet-proof, were placed along the tops of the parapets far enough apart to make loop-holes for musketry. On top of these, logs were put. By these means the men were enabled to walk about erect when off duty, without fear of annoyance from sharpshooters. The enemy used in their defence explosive musket-balls, no doubt thinking ...
— Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete • Ulysses S. Grant
... the end of a small stick. At the end of the string make a loop that will slip very easily. On a table ...
— Games for Everybody • May C. Hofmann
... morning he had left apprehensively owing to an impending event—he espied his wife Margaret coming along the edge of the plowed field. She had brought his lunch this day, despite his order to the contrary. Bill dropped the loop of his driving reins over the plow handle and strode toward her. Presently she halted wearily and sat down where the dark rich overturned earth met the line of bleached grass. Bill meant to scold Margaret for bringing his ...
— Valley of Wild Horses • Zane Grey
... borne in mind that this river, up which the party were making their way, was the Wisdom (now Big Hole), and was the northwest fork of the Jefferson, flowing from southeast to northwest; and near the point where it enters the Jefferson, it has a loop toward the northeast; that is to say, it comes from the southwest to a person ...
— First Across the Continent • Noah Brooks


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